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Affordable Designer Teacups at Cristina Re

01.24.2016 by Leah //

Thanks to Instragram and its wonderful community of teacup collectors, I was led to this high teaware brand from Australia named after its founder: Cristina Re.

Cristina Re is an Italian-born, Australian-based designer who built her now 15-year brand from weddings.  Yes, weddings!)  She is known as the original founder of DIY stationery concept, providing quality designer invitations and supporting stationery items.  She introduced the mix-and-match theme concept on stationery – designing and producing papers could be coordinated with an array of envelopes, wallets and sparkling embellishments to create stunning and original layered effects with a fashionable twist.  This she expanded through numerous licensing and collaborative deals with leading stationery and craft companies within and outside Australia.  She later expanded her lifestyle brand which now includes her signature 24 carat gold fine porcelain teaware (source).

Her mix-and-match theme concept extended to her high quality but inexpensive teaware brand as well, allowing one to create different tea party concepts by choosing coordinating colors or designs from the Cristina Re collection.

Sparkling Gold (photo credit HERE)
Sparkling Gold (photo credit HERE)
Pastel Pretty (photo from Google)
Pastel Pretty tea party set (photo from Google)
Classic White Polka Dots (photo source HERE)
Classic Black with White Polka Dots (photo source HERE)
Cristina will surprise you with her modern, chic designs (photo source HERE)
Modern, chic designs for everyone (photo source HERE)
My favorite!  Black and white coordinates (photo source HERE)
My favorite! Black and white coordinates (photo source HERE)

There are simply so many to choose from her myriad collection but the black and white teacups were the ones I kept going back to.

And so my first purchase of Cristina Re teacup and saucer set was in Ebony Stripes (in black).  I bought it from an Instragram reseller, @exquisite_collections who is based in London. It was shipped to me complete with its beautiful pink box.

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Here are more up-close details of my first Cristina Re teacup and saucer duo:

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I knew from the first time I unboxed it that this is not going to be my last Cristina Re purchase.  It’s so durable and is perfect for everyday use.  My Spode teacup (which is so special to me because it’s my first teacup purchase) turned out to be a very fragile baby it now has a little hairline surface crack (huhu!).  I have since learned to keep it boxed after use instead of keeping it in the cabinet with our everyday dinnerware.

Going back to Cristina Re, this gorgeous Ebony Stripe teacup soon got a sister (in baby blue) thanks to @paperstrawlove and her discount hehe!

baby blue ebony stripe

I know you’ve been itching to ask about the price and I tell ‘ya – Cristina Re teacups are really, really affordable.  When I started collecting teacups last year, I have set my budget to not more than P3,500 per teacup and saucer set (vintage or brand new).  Expensive din ano?  That price seemed to be the going rate in the market anyway, and it could even go higher depending on the brand and design you are looking for.

But a Cristina Re teacup and saucer duo cost only half of what I have budgeted per teacup.  Yep, no more than P2,000 (or around $35) for each duo set, in brand-new condition and complete with box.

Looking at its website,  I had this impression of a luxury designer brand in the same league as Kate Spade.  But Cristina Re is way cheaper (and design-wise, prettier) than Kate Spade.

Kate Spade New York Greenwich Grove Teacup and Saucer Set in Pink and Grey ($50 to $60 in Amazon)
Kate Spade New York Greenwich Grove Teacup and Saucer Set in Pink and Grey is priced at $50 to $60 in Amazon.

So there, I really am smitten already with Cristina Re in terms of design, durability and affordability.  And if I continue to find good deals online (through my Instagram resellers, since the brand is not available here in Manila), then I just might be able to build up a high tea Cristina Re party set this year.

My dream Cristina Re tea party set in hues of black, white, gold and blue.
My dream Cristina Re tea party set but in colors of black, white, gold and blue.

To learn more about the brand, visit Cristina Re’s official website at www.cristinare.com.

Also check out the Instagram feed of my trusted resellers (@paperstrawlove and @exquisite_collections) if you want to pre-order authentic, original Cristina Re teaware products.

Categories // Shopping Tags // cristina re, designer tea ware, instagram resellers, Spode, tea cups, tea party, teacups

Comments

  1. pseudoshrink says

    January 26, 2016 at 5:17 am

    I love the light pink one and the baby blue stripes! Hala! Kung ano-ano na naman nadadagdag sa wishlist ko.

  2. Aggie says

    January 27, 2016 at 3:30 am

    The black and gold teacups are very glam and elegant. So not me! Haha. 😀 I like the pastel ones, especially the light pink and green. 🙂

    • Leah says

      January 27, 2016 at 12:58 pm

      There’s a color for everyone! =) Pero mukhang mapapabili na ako nung baby pink haha, ang ganda eh!

  3. Jade says

    January 27, 2016 at 4:30 am

    I gave these as give away for my friends last Christmas and they loved it! They were on sale yesterday at David Jones Sydney It was about 24.95 (30% off ) or 823 in Php so I got my self three sets =) I enjoy just looking at them lol.

    • Leah says

      January 27, 2016 at 12:53 pm

      Wow lucky you! Are they still on sale??

      • Jade says

        January 27, 2016 at 7:08 pm

        Hi Lea the sale ended tues but don’t worry they always have 30% off quarterly naman 🙂

  4. Cy says

    February 1, 2016 at 1:43 am

    Hi Leah,

    Nice to know you are into tea cup collection. I bought one each for myself and my wife early this year. We both love it. If you need a certain design of Cristina Re, let me know. I live in Sydney.

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